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Casualty Info
Home Town Tennyson, AR
Last Address El Dorado, AR
Casualty Date Nov 16, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 5 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
The USS Corvina (SS-226) went on her maiden war patrol, leaving Pearl Harbor 4 November 1943. After topping off her fuel at Johnston Island on the 6th, she was never heard from again. Japanese reports suggest that she may have been sunk by a Japanese submarine on 16 November. Her loss was officially announced 14 March 1944. Fireman First Class Britt was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 9 January 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 6300007
Submarine war patrols:
USS Cero (SS-225) - 1st
USS Corvina (SS-226) - 1st
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